User talk:Chrisnewagent

The Chris New article
Hi... I wanted to make you aware of what's going on with this article. I'm sure you know of the old saw "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." It's the same way with scientists, actors, diplomats, economists, and everyone else: Anyone can claim to be "Chris New", but how is Wikipedia to know for sure? To get around this issue, Wikipedia requires that biographies of living people be fully cited. That way, no one can say "Wikipedia printed something incredibly wrong and slanderous about me." The onus is on the printed source, not Wikipedia.

This makes it difficult when something happens to someone—an economist publishes an important paper, say; a diplomat dies; or someone's relationship ends—and there is no published source that makes reference to the fact. (Or the published source gets it wrong.) When a person ends a relationship, for example, this puts the individual in the decidedly unenviable position of having to speak to the press about a very painful subject, one that the individual may also feel is very private. And it means that the press has to publish this information (which it might not do, if it feels the information is "unimportant" on any given news day). But without that published source, Wikipedia cannot act. On the other hand, the end of a relationship (or death of a loved one or some other important event) is an important thing, most obviously to the individual in question whom this affects (you). It shouldn't be ignored, especially where not mentioning the fact may significantly mislead readers.

At some point, common sense has to take over: I think that is where we are with the Chris New article. Several people have tried to make the claim about the end of your relationship; I don't know who these individuals were, but they could not provide a citation for it. Now, however, I think that step should be taken. It's a risky step: If you are not who you say you are, and "the real Chris New" takes legal action against Wikipedia, that could be quite serious. But for now, I think we can ignore all rules. - Tim1965 (talk) 19:17, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for this consideration and explaination.

If either you, or a fellow editor, would like an email from my agent confirming this alteration then I will be happy to ask them to provide this. They'll be happy to help.

Otherwise, I'll be sure to mention it in the next interview I do to ensure the update can stick.

All my thanks.
 * I appreciate that, and am glad there's no hard feelings. No need for an email, and don't go out of your way in an interview if it feels awkward or embarrassing or something similar. Go make movies and TV shows, and act your heart out, and I think we'll all be happy. - Tim1965 (talk) 14:30, 17 January 2017 (UTC)